Clothes-line support.



E. ESCHELBAGHER. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

ARPLIOATIOH nun 1012, 1911.

1,033,566. Patented July 23,1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET} I BY 4 ATTORNEYS E. ESCHELBACHER. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.APPLLOATION rum) nov. 2, 1911.

Patented Jul 23,1912.

2 BHEETFSHEBT 2.

INVENTOR ac/wr ma/zuel [fiche/6 man/Isis EMANUEL ESCHELBACHER, OF NEYORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINESUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1912.

Application filed November 2, 1911. Serial No. 658,095.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMANUEL Esonnn- BACHER, acitizen of the United States, and a residentflof the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and 1111- v proved Clothes-Line Support, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description. I 5

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to provide a support on which laundry may be v hung outto dry from the;window of an apartment, the parts whereof are manage-- able from withinthe room to which the window belongs; to provide a support of thecharacter mentioned "with 7 suspension members laterally adjustable toform a passageway through the support; to provide suspension devices forthe support operable from within the room from which the window o ens tomove the laundry to the outer end 0 the rack; and to provide means forspreading the suspension devices mentioned to form a central passagethrough the rack.

f Two embodiments of the present inven tion are disclosed in thestructures illustrated in the. accompanying drawings formlike charactersof reference denote corre- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a supportconstructed and arranged in accordance with 'the present invention; Fig.2 is a plan View of a modified form of the rack shown in operativeposition; Fig. 3 is a detail view, on enlarged scale and in verticalsection, taken on the line 3 -3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail view, onan enlarged scale, of the carriers for the hanging lines shown in Fig.2, the view being shown as a sec tion taken on the line 44 in Fig 2, andFig. '5 is a detail view showing arrangement of the operating cords forthe article supports. A

As seen in the accompanying drawings, the rack consists primarily of ametal frame 9. The frame 9 is rectangular in form and provided'withthree sides, the free ends of the two opposite sides being pivotailymounted upon a cross bar 10. The cross bar 10 is provided in its endswith tapped holes to receive the screw threaded extension 11 of asliding thimblo 12. wi'th which it is integrally formed. The thimblcs 12posite side of the frame. 9. operative position of the rods 14 they areare each slidably mounted upon guide rods 13, 13. The rods 13, 13 aresimilar in construction and arrangement to those employed in conjunctionwith the usual window awnings, it being intended that the bar 10 andframe 9 connected therewith shall be moved up and down on the rods 13as,

' the rack is adjusted to the requirements or,.

desires of the occupant of the room in front $5 of a Window of which therack is extended.

The connecting side of the frame 9 which is parallel with the bar 10,together with the bar 10, form supports for the sliding rods 14 andtracks for the carriers 15 and the clothes lines 16, 16 supportedthereon.

. The rods 14, as shown in Fig. 1 of. the drawlugs, are provided at eachend with eyelets 1 17 17. 10 and side of the frame 9 to move lengthwisethereon so that the said rods, if de The eyelets 17 loosely fit the barsired, may be clustered or grouped at any point lengthwise of the saidbar 10 and op- In the normaldisposed as shown inFig. 1 of the drawings.The clothes are spread on the rods 14, and the same are spaced apart toaccommodate the laundry being dried. The operator in moving the rods 14controls the same from the end adjacent the bar 10.

To raise and lower the frame 9 and rods supported thereby I employ thepull cords 18 which are extended about the pulleys 19,

and are permanently anchored at the outer end of the frame 9 andtemporarily secured by the cleats 20. To steady the action of the rack Iprovide a guide rope 21 which is permanently anchored at the head andsill of the window structure, and passes through. a guide eyelet 22formed on the outer side of the frame 9, as seen best in Fig. 2- of thedrawings. i

In the operation of the invention when embodied in the form shown inFig. 1 of the drawings, the clothes are spread over the rods 14, theframe 9 being raised or lowered to'the horizontal position, as shown.When employing the modified form shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings theclothes are pinned or. otherwise secured to one side of the endlesslines 16 and are carried out to the proper position on the said lines byoperating the other side of the line. For this purpose'the T23 Thepulleys 24 are mounted on reeved over the pulley 28 and the outer end offrame 'nected to the carriers 15 side of theframe, I provide a tacklefor spreading and contracting the said lines and the carriers supportingthe same at the outer end of the frame 9. This tackle consists primarilyof the pull cords 25 cords 25 and 26 are each permanently conand-15",respectively, which carriers are disposed adjacent to and at oppositesides of the median line of' the frame. The cord 25, whichin Fig, 2 ofthe drawings is earriedfrom the right-hand side of the frame, is therereeved over the guide pulleyv 27, and is permanently connected with thecarrier 15 at the left of the median line of the frame 9. The cord 26 ispermanently connected with the carrier 15 and at the right of the eyelet22. In this manner it will be seen that as the cord 25 or 26 is drawnupon, the carriers 15" and 15 are respectively moved toward the centerof the frame, and to the side thereof. To move the carrier r 15"in'unison with the carrier 15 thesaid carriers-are connected by the cord29. The cord 29 is connected to the carrier 15 and is carried to theside of the frame and reeved about the pulley 30, and then extended toand connected with the carrier 15. By means of this arrangement, it willbe seen that when the cord 25 is drawn upon to move the carrier 15"toward the center of the frame, the cord 29 is drawn upon to move'thecarrier 15" toward the center of the frame. To draw on the cord 26 movesthe carrier 15 toward the side of the frame and causes a like movement,but in the opposite direction, of the carrier 15". The carriers 15, 1.5are secured by short loops or other suitable connection with each otherand with the master carriers 15 and 15". As the said master carriers aremoved away from the and .26. The 4 the sides thereof, 2

said master carriers to the sides of the frame. When the master carriersare moved toward the center, the carriers 15 are successively drawn uponby the connections between the same until spread in the position shownin Fig. 2 of the drawings. The carriers 15 at the inner side of theframe or mounted upon the bar 10 are adjusted by hand, the bar 10 beingconvenient for hand adjustment bythe operator.

It will be understood that in the inoperative position of the rack, thepull cords 18, 18 aredrawn upon, to raise the frame 9 and parts carriedthereby to a vertical position and flat against the window frame. Inthis position it is convenient to dispose the rods 14 and the lines 16in grouped relation at the extreme sides of the frame 9 to avoidobstructing the window upon which the rack is mounted.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 I claim as new and desire tosecure ters Patent is 1. A clothes line support, having a framepivotally mounted on the window structure; a set of article supportsslidably mounted on each side of the median-line of the frame; and meansfor raising and lowering said frame to free the window opening.

, 2. A clothes line support, having a frame; a set. of article supportsslidably mounted'on by leteach side of the median line of said frame,

the members of each set being connected to move together; and means tocause the article supports to simultaneouslyapproach or" recede fromsaid median line, said means ineluding a pair of suitably guidedactuating cords connected to adjaeent members of the sets; a loop cordconnecting the adjacent supports of each set, and means for supports ingthe loop portion of the last-mentioned cord.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. F. MURnooK, PHILIP D. Ronmmus.

In testimony whereof I have signed my

